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  Elvis Meets Nixon . Memphis Flyer . 08-11-97
Elvis Meets Nixon is labeled as a mockumentary, with Rick Peters playing Elvis and Bob Gunton as Nixon.
Included among the scenes of Elvis' great adventure are interviews with the likes of Dick Cavett, Wayne Newton, and Nixon staffperson Alexander Butterfield.
I wanted to get the tone of the actual meeting in there, but take some dramatic license and put it on a more entertaining level and still be true to the psyches of both men." While explaining his take on the meeting, Rosen suddenly feels the urge to confess.
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 Elvis Meets Nixon (1997) (TV)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Quotes: Elvis Presley: You know there are no coincidences in this universe, man. Everything happens for a reason.
Believe it or not, it may be the closest thing to portraying a `real' Elvis than has ever been made.
Elvis was one strange, eccentric dude.I guess that's what makes him so fascinating.
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 CNN.com - Elvis meets Nixon: a White House memory - August 16, 2002
Presley asked Nixon for "federal credentials" and expressed his concern with some current developments in the country.
Chapin told Haldeman he though it would be good for Nixon to meet Presley because the entertainer was "very pro" Nixon.
Nixon's staff armed the president with talking points, focusing on drug abuse, before the meeting took place.
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 Amazon.ca: Elvis Meets Nixon: Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
But as an Elvis fan who holds the artist and the man with reverence, I found this to be one of the funniest movies I have ever watched.
The almost child-like detachment from reality with which Elvis and Nixon lived their lives at the time is incomprhensible at times.
For better or worse, Elvis and Nixon did more to shape the culture of the second half of the 20th Century than practically anyone else; it is natural that they seem somehow inevitably drawn together, and this movie tells the story the way I truly and dearly wish it had actually happened.
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 IGN: The Stax Report: Special "Elvis" Edition!
Elvis '56 is both a treat for fans of the King and a great historical piece analyzing one of the most important years in American pop culture history.
Elvis: The Movie also features Shelley Winters in a strong performance as his beloved mother Gladys, Kurt's dad Bing Russell as Elvis' dad Vernon, and Pat Hingle (Commissioner Gordon in the Batman films) as Colonel Parker.
Elvis teaches Johnny how to be cool while Johnny gets Elvis to forsake his jumpsuits and porkchop sideburns and return to his rock n' roll roots.
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 The Video Department - Elvis Week
For those of you that don't get out much there are people out there who are utterly certain that Elvis didn't die in 1977, but rather faked his death so he could go back to being an everday joe.
Based on a real incident, this film tells the story of an insane weekend in which Elvis went to Washington to meet with the head of the DEA hoping to be named a "Federal Agent At Large," blissfully unaware that no such position exists.
By the time Elvis finally hits the Oval Office he is on a mission from God to save America.
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 The Nixon-Presley Meeting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Nixon at the White House in Washington, D.C. The meeting was initiated by Presley, who wrote Nixon a six-page letter requesting a visit with the President and suggesting that he be made a "Federal Agent-at-Large" in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.
The events leading up to and after the meeting are detailed in the documentation and photographs included here, which include Presley's handwritten letter, memoranda from Nixon staff and aides, and the thank-you note from Nixon for the gifts (including a Colt 45 pistol and family photos) that Presley brought with him to the Oval Office.
These materials chronicling the Presley-Nixon meeting were obtained from the Nixon Presidential Materials Project at the National Archives at College Park (College Park, Maryland).
www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/nsa/elvis/elnix.html   (390 words)

  
 Elvis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Danny Hedaya does a great Nixon, although you kind of hope the man was not that nuts.
It seems Elvis got pissed off one night and took off from Graceland unescorted by his "Boys".
He flew up to DC and got Nixon to make him a drug enforcement agent.
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 Elvis Meets Nixon / TV Movie
The factuality which the story is based on is the letter Elvis sent to Nixon which is fantastic itself and the photo of Elvis in the purple cape suit with the President in the Oval Office - proof that the meeting did occur.
Of course the film is meant to be a comedy, and it is very funny.
A lot of the funny stuff is based on "legends" that have a good grounding in the truth as well: Elvis really did stop at a donut shop on his way to the Washington Hotel and he really did check in then fly to LA without checking out.
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 mschindler.com » Blog Archive » Elvis Meets Nixon
Recently, a friend of mine sent me a link to this site which documents the completely f*#@d up meeting of Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon (Yeah, I know I’m late to the Elvis media bandwagon).
In his letter, Elvis asks the then commander-in-chief to be made a “Federal Agent at Large” for the good of the country—an appointment he sees justified due to his “in-depth study of drug abuse and Communist brainwashing techniques.”
This entry was posted on Thursday, August 22nd, 2002 at 1:28 pm and is filed under culture.
www.mschindler.com /index.php?p=107   (129 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Elvis Meets Nixon / TV Movie (1997) : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Of course, most of it is an "artists impression", but based on what everyone knows about these two men with many eccentricities and very strong personalities.
Bob Gunton does a great Dick Nixon and Rick Peters does a really good Elvis, minus the singing voice.
As a life-long fan, and someone who has seen virtually every incarnation of Elvis, real or unreal or surreal, on film - I can truly say this is informative inspite of it's inevitable truth and silliness.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000007SQP?v=glance   (1326 words)

  
 Elvis meets Nixon - The Pirate Bay
The spoken language in the movie is English.
It's a story based on a real life event of Elvis Presley when he decided to leave his safe zone Graceland in Memphis and to meet the president regarding if he could be a federal anti drug marschal.
It's a sort of a documentary with a story made up by actors doing the whole story.
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 Amazon.com: Elvis Meets Nixon: Video: Allan Arkush,Rick Peters,Bob Gunton,Alyson Court,Denny Doherty,Jackie ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Elvis - That's the Way It Is (Special Edition) DVD ~ Denis Sanders
Understand Elvis Presley: A guide by Fali R. Singara, Founder and President Of An Elvis Presley Fan Club
Elvis Presley: You know there are no coincidences in this universe, man. Everything happens for a reason.
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 Elvis Meets Nixon News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Elvis Meets Nixon News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
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 Section E: Elvis Meets Nixon - Aug. 1997
Section E: Elvis Meets Nixon - Aug. 1997
Showtime's Elvis Meets Nixon retraces The King's path to the White House.
is labeled as a mockumentary, with Rick Peters playing Elvis and Bob Gunton as Nixon.
www.memphisflyer.com /backissues/issue442/e_fea4.htm   (517 words)

  
 Elvis Meets Nixon
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The voices of Steve Buscemi, Nick Cannon, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kevin James, Jason Lee, Catherine O'Hara, Kathleen Turner and Fred Willard are along for the ride in this family-friendly CGI thriller.
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 Film & TV: Elvis' Fantastic Voyage (Memphis Flyer . 08-11-97)
Film & TV: Elvis' Fantastic Voyage (Memphis Flyer.
The fateful meeting of The King of Rock and Roll and the Commander in Chief was recorded in former Nixon White House aide Egil "Bud" Krogh's 1994 fond remembrance The Day Elvis Met Nixon.
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 Denver Rocky Mountain News: `ELVIS MEETS NIXON' IS BIZARRE VIEWING@ HighBeam Research
If that famous picture didn't exist, many would claim that the 1970 meeting between Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon never really happened.
That Christmas-season White House rendezvous would fall into the same category as flying saucers in Roswell, N.M. But the two did meet, providing the opportunity for Showtime to present television's most bizarre tribute timed to the 20th anniversary of Presley's death.
This material is published under license from the publisher through ProQuest Information and Learning Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1P1:5410713&refid=ink_tptd_np   (155 words)

  
 Lycos- 'Elvis Meets Nixon' in 'Feature Film & Love Stories'
Lycos- 'Elvis Meets Nixon' in 'Feature Film and Love Stories'
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 Elvis Meets Nixon (1997) (TV) Unofficial Movie Site - Trailers Review DVD Poster Soundtrack
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In December 1970, Richard Nixon (Bob Gunton) is President of the United States and Elvis Presley (Rick Peters) has made a come-back.
Both are isolated, out of touch in their own little world and very much in the public eye.
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 Elvis Meets Nixon Cast and Crew
THE CAST & CREW OF ELVIS MEETS NIXON
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